So you know when you get back home tonight,
you're staying with Mrs. Clausen, right?
Yes, ma.
And you'll be a good boy for her?
Yes, ma.
And she will put you on the bus in the morning,
and I will be here after you get home from school tomorrow.
Yes, ma.
All right.
Off you go, then.
I love you.
I know.
Is dad coming home this time?
No, sweetheart. Not this time.
But soon.
Why can't I go with you?
Because it's nowhere for you to go.
But I want to see him.
Soon.
Real soon.
Off you go.
Go learn something.
So, how long you got now, Willie?
6 weeks.
Best keep your nose clean, then.
A box of kleenex a day, officer.
How long do you think you'll be out this time?
Hey.
You all right?
Yeah.
You want to... sit down?
Sure.
Almost seems like real life sometimes.
You got the families living here,
it might even get more popular than it is.
Hmm.
Barney's gone.
Gone? Gone where?
I don't know.
He just packed up and left.
You and him have a problem?
No. No problem.
No problem. Willie, it was fine.
You know Barney.
He's easy to get along with.
He made friends with a man who worked there.
Old guy called McFarland.
Not Cappy McFarland.
I don't know what his first name was.
Who is he?
Cappy's an ex-con.
Barney shouldn't have been hanging.
So they were hanging out a lot together.
They ate lunch together sometimes.
One day, I came home and they were sitting there, in the kitchen.
Were they planning something?
I don't know.
Barney never said anything
and then about a week later, he just up and left.
He just left?
He didn't say anything to you?
Well, he called me once.
He said there was something he had to do.
When he was done, he'd be in touch.
And Cappy?
He had cancer or something.
I heard he died.
How long ago was this?
About a month.
Just after my last visit.
I kept thinking barney'd come back, you know.
Mom, try that one.
Jackson kind of misses him.
How 'bout you? You kinda miss him?
Yeah.
I kinda miss him, Willie.
It was nice having somebody around.
Helped with Jackson a lot.
Yeah. I know.
It was your idea Barney come live with us.
Yeah. I know.
And he was grateful.
He always said you looked after him in here.
Maybe he...
maybe he didn't want to involve you in something, you know...
illegal.
Barney's a damn fool.
Yeah. Well, just so long as you're not one.
You get out this time.
That's it. You know that, Willie.
I won't do another stretch.
I won't let Jackson do another stretch.
You get out this time, you stay out.
That's the deal.
That's why I've hung in.
Yeah. You're my wife.
If you can call it that.
18 months out of the last 10 years?
That's no wife.
It sure ain't no life.
The park is now closed.
Thank you for coming. Remember, drive safely.
Hi, Karen.
Hiya, Thelma.
Hey, you been visitin' today?
Yeah.
How's Willie?
He's hangin' in.
He's out soon, ain't he?
6 weeks, god willing.
Guess that's why you had to get rid of that young fella used to work here.
What was his name?
Barney. Right?
He was a hunk.
How'd you find a lodger like that?
Uh, he was Willie's cellmate.
What do you know!
If I thought i'd get a cellmate look like that,
I'd rob a bank in a minute.
Home sweet home.
Welcome back, Willie.
- Thanks. - Dad!
Thanks, Mrs. Clausen.
You're welcome. Bye, willie.
You're looking good.
Thanks.
Do you want to come inside?
Yeah.
I drew some pictures for you.
Oh, that's great.
Where you goin'?
Just gonna, uh...
Check in on Jackson.
See if he slept through it.
Felt like you got a load off your mind.
A load of something.
Don't know about my mind.
So, how did you manage inside?
What kind of question is that?
Ok.
Never mind.
No. No.
You brought it up.
Why would you ask me something like that?
7 years is a long time.
Tell me about it.
We're gonna get out of this dump.
I get through my parole, we'll move out west.
Barney and I used to talk about it.
Start something legit.
Well...
looks like Barney decided not to wait.
I asked around the joint where he was.
Cappy had a score planned,
but he got too sick to do it.
So I think he was trying to get Barney involved.
How's that?
Cappy's dead. That's what I heard.
Well, let's hope Barney didn't get past the talk.
Hey...
what are the chances
you can get me a job at the park?
If it doesn't close down first.
They don't have anything against hiring ex-cons.
What they don't like is paying a living wage.
Yeah. Well...
two non-living wages are better than one.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's the truth.
We're gonna make it.
You see if we don't.
Who'd that be?
I don't know.
Barney...
Karen, towels.
Hey, Willie.
Glad to see you made it out.
Hurry.
Let me see this. Let me see this.
Yeah. Nice.
Yeah. No, I'm fine.
Barney, let me look at it.
Willie, willie. I'm fine.
- I've got to talk to you. - What?
Hey, Karen.
Hi, Barney.
Go see if Jackson woke up.
Go on. It's all right.
What?
Huh?
Cappy McFarland come to see me.
You remember Cappy?
Yeah.
He put this proposition to me.
I thought we was going clean.
Barney, what happened to that, Barney?
Willie, Willie, Willie.
This was a biggie, Willie.
A biggie.
We're talking 3 and a half mil split 4 ways.
Beats serving cokes at the park.
All right. Just let me look at this.
Oh! Oh, god.
We gotta call 911.
Oh, no, no, no. No, no cops. Willie.
I'm not going back in.
Willie, he's hurt bad.
Let me get another towel.
I thought Cappy was a goner.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's a goner.
He just got the team together and drove.
Who else?
Ok.
Guy called Keenan.
Rich son of a bitch.
And another guy by the name of Sarge.
Gulf war vet.
He's a bad mother.
And Jagger.
Jagger.
He's even worse.
3 and a half mil.
New bills.
Numbered.
Have to be held.
He can't spend.
What happened to it?
Cappy hid it.
Why Cappy?
Why, he was on his way out, you know.
His last job. He, uh...
he went to bury it before they buried him.
Didn't tell nobody where he made this map.
4 quarters.
Each piece had a letter on it with a name.
B uttercup...
Camellia...
Anemone...
Rosebud.
Hey, babe.
Oh.
You want something for the pain?
Let me see if I can find something for the pain.
All right?
Yeah.
Hold onto that.
Ok.
She's the best, Willie.
Yeah.
So, how'd this happen?
She just took pity on me, Willie.
That's all it was.
Who shot you, Barney?
Keenan.
Keenan. He calls me up.
Says he's got a proposition.
Said he'd, uh... he'd buy my quarter.
Cash.
Cash I could spend.
How much?
100,000.
Against 3 quarters of a million.
That's a pretty big markdown.
Yeah. But, Willie.
Karen deserves it, you know.
She deserves it, Willie, like you always said, you know.
So, you went to this Keenan's?
Yeah.
I went to his place.
It's a big place up on Ridge Road.
811.
He asked me if I got it with me.
My quarter.
I was stupid.
I said, yeah,
and he, uh...
he plugs me.
He plugged me, Willie. Just like that. You know?
Like a little pop gun, or else I'd be dead already.
Man, she's the best, Willie.
I owe you, Willie.
Lookin' out for me in the pen.
Owe Karen looking out for me.
I'm giving you mine, Willie.
What?
I'm giving you mine.
You and Karen.
All right?
You go see him.
Take what's me and yours and Karen's.
Hear me, Willie?
Get out of here.
Willie, can you hear me?
Yeah. I'm right here, buddy.
I'm right here.
I'm right here, buddy. It's all right.
No hard feeling's about me and Karen. Ok?
No h-hard feelings.
Willie.
Ok.
Barney.
Is he...
yeah.
What was he saying?
I heard him say my name.
He was just rambling.
What are you doing?
What is that?
It's a part of a lottery ticket.
All right. We should call the police.
Karen.
I don't want to go back, either.
You had nothing to do with this.
It's not how they'll see it.
This is about money from a robbery, isn't it?
It's what you mean about a lottery ticket?
You think these people are going to share it with you?
It's not theirs to share.
These people are dangerous.
Willie.
They killed Barney.
And you don't think I should do anything about that?
What can you do?
Mom?
I told you he tried to hold me up.
He had a gun.
Said he'd shoot me if I didn't give him my quarter.
I keep a gun in my safe.
When he made me open it up, I got the drop on him.
Yeah. Well, it surprised the hell out of me, too.
No. He ran off.
I was too shocked.
I don't know where he went.
That's why I'm calling you.
I called Jagger, too.
But he wasn't there so I left him a message.
He's out there somewhere is all I know
and we've got to find him.
Yeah, sure, I'm scared.
I never shot anybody before.
No, I'm not going anywhere.
Put your hands on the counter and leave them there.
Who are you?
Just think of me as the fifth quarter.
You're a friend of Barney's.
He just tried to kill me.
Not the way Barney tells it.
He's lying.
He came around. Tried to sell me his quarter of the map.
When I refused, he pulled a gun,
tried to make me hand mine over.
And you got the drop on him, right?
Who were you on the phone to? Jagger or Sarge?
He told you about...everything?
He told me what he could before he died.
Hands.
Leave 'em where I can see 'em.
He's dead?
Them gut shots'll do it every time.
So, where's the gun you shot him with?
It was self-defense.
All right.
Where's the self-defense weapon you shot him with?
Thought you kept it in the safe.
I didn't put it back.
All right. The way we do this...
You open the drawer, you don't put your hand in.
You step away.
All this is real slow.
Got it?
That's fine.
Enough!
Turn around.
It's a lady's gun, Keenan.
You ain't got a lady there?
You don't want to mess with these people.
I wouldn't be messing with anyone if you hadn't shot Barney.
I told you it was self-defense.
Listen, barney just died on me in my house, on my couch.
And he told me you tried to screw him out of his share.
I don't think he would have told me that
with his last breath if it wasn't true.
So, you can cut this self-defense crap.
Let's just get your quarter of the map
and we'll call it quits.
And what if I refuse to give it to you?
Now think about what one of those feels like
in the gut and tell me you won't give me what I'm asking for.
Hey. Hey. What are you doing?
Easy. Hey! Stop!
All right. Keep going.
There you go. Put it on the...
That's right. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Easy. Let me see those hands.
Who is that?
I don't know.
Well, find out.
Who is it?
It's me.
What?
Who is it?
It's Sarge.
Buzz him in.
Now, get behind the bar and stay there
until he's in the room.
You try to warn him and I'll kill you.
You hear me?
Shut up!
Keep your hands where I can see 'em.
Say, man.
Barney's car is still parked outside.
Now, he's got to be around here somewhere.
Keep them in the air, Sarge.
Save me from shooting you.
And who the hell are you?
The way we play this is the guy with the gun
gets to ask the questions.
Open your jacket with your left hand one button at a time.
Quit that whimpering, Keenan.
Uhh!
It's a pretty big gun.
So, now you got two guns.
Still haven't told me who the hell you are.
I'm a friend of Barney Mars.
The late Barney Mars.
I told you, Sarge. He came around.
Shut up about that bullshit, Keenan.
Didn't believe you the first time.
So I guess you know the kind of scumbag you're dealing with.
Yeah. But you're the scumbag I don't know.
So Barney's dead,
and you want his piece of the map.
I already got Barney's piece...
and his.
Don't make me do it, Sarge.
You haven't told me where your piece of the map is yet.
You're a pretty tough mother...
For white trash.
Uhh!
Shut up!
Go check on him.
Keep those hands in the air.
Well?
Is he dead?
Getting there.
I think I'm gonna get a second opinion.
Move away.
Look.
You've got his piece of the map,
and you've got Barney's.
Ain't that enough?
That's more than I started with.
The way I see it, you and this other guy,
Jagger, you won't let me take half.
You won't even let me take Barney's quarter.
So that means I'm gonna have to take it all.
That's greedy.
What makes the world go round.
And what if I don't give up my piece of the map?
Then I'll shoot out your kneecaps,
make you get down on them and clean up the blood.
You're Willie Gansen.
Barney's bunk buddy from stir.
Hmm.
You know what's funny?
It didn't stop him from pokin' your wife.
I got a real good look at her once.
Not bad for a hoochie mama.
I don't have it on me.
Well, then we best go get it.
Uh, where you going?
Just going to get my crunchies.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
It's the middle of the night.
Come on.
No. Go to sleep.
Mom.
Uhh!
Listen carefully.
I let you go...
you scream...
you'll be gargling blood.
And then I do the boy.
Understood?
Now, tell me...
and don't hold anything back...
'cause I can feel a lie
starting before it even comes out of your mouth.
Tell me about Barney.
So, now we got Rosebud.
I'd say this is shaping up to be an island, Sarge.
How you supposed to know which one?
Huh?
Cappy said when the 4 quarters come together,
we'd figure it out.
There's an awful lot of islands in Maine.
Cappy didn't head off to Polynesia, did he?
No.
Not the shape he was in.
It's around here someplace.
Yo-ho-ho on a dead man's chest, right?
Jagger.
How come you're such a hard ass all of a sudden, Willie?
I mean, Barney told me you two were going to go straight when you got out.
Well, it's not everyday you get out of the pen
and find 3 and a half million bucks
bleeding to death on your couch,
telling you he was screwing your old lady
but no hard feelings.
Kind of changes your perspective on things.
Uhh!
Got anyone else here?
Huh?
Up against the wall.
Middle of the room.
That's fine.
All right. Where is it?
Make me an offer, Willie.
I'll let you live. How about that?
How about I don't believe you?
Aah!
I told you, I'd shoot off your kneecap.
All right! All right!
It's over there!
Where?
Inside the vase!
That wasn't so hard, now was it? Camellia.
You're out of your depth, Willie.
Way out.
Uhh!
Hell, man.
Get yourself shot sneaking up like that.
You know who this is, Willie?
Anemone.
It's just you and me now.
Had a word with your old lady.
We had a real good understanding, me and her.
She told me what I wanted to know and I didn't cut her throat.
Cross my heart.
Hope to die.
You can feel a lie starting in the heart.
Did you know that, Willie?
She told me you dumped Barney buttercup,
then went to see Rosebud.
I didn't see you there,
so I figured either Sarge got you or you got Sarge.
Either way...
it's all coming back here.
Now, I could say why don't we split this, Willie.
Two ways.
But you wouldn't need to have your hand on my heart
to know I was bullshitting you.
So why don't we just get up on our hind legs,
count to 10.
Last man standing takes all.
1...
2...
3...
4...
5...
6...
7, 8, 9!
Karen!
Willie?
Are you ok?
Oh, my god. You're shot.
Did he hurt you?
No. He just scared me real bad.
Where's Jackson?
I took him to Mrs. Clausen's.
Oh, god. Come on. Come on.
Let me, uh...come here. Come here.
Gotta get this seen to, Willie.
The bullet's still in there.
Ex-cons with bullets in them got a lot of explaining to do.
Well, ex-cons with bullets in them die.
Listen, we have to figure out where this island is.
All right? It's got to be somewhere close.
Eastern seaboard at least.
Cappy had to get there with the money
and he was on his last legs
from the sound of things.
It might not be the ocean?
It could be an island on a lake somewhere.
There's lots of them.
Listen...
This thing with Barney and me.
I don't want to...
I don't want to hear about that.
Listen to me, Willie.
We just gave each other a little comfort.
In 7 years, that was the one and only.
And it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't have sent him here.
And it wouldn't have happened even then
if it wasn't that Barney really liked you.
Oh, there's a theory.
He told me about you and him.
About how you looked out for him...
How it went down between you.
And I understood, Willie.
I did and I didn't think bad of you...
or of him. That's all I'm asking.
Don't think bad of Barney or...
or of me.
Hold on.
It's the cops, Willie.
All right.
Hide this.
Look, if they can't connect us
to the robbery, we're ok.
And there's no reason they should.
I was in the can when it went down.
Hey.
You sure it's safe in there?
Yeah.
Till you get out.
All right. Listen to me.
You don't know nothing.
I went out last night. You got no idea where.
I came back this morning shot.
All right.
All right! All right! I'm coming! I'm coming!
Willie?
How you doing?
Detective.
Hi, mom.
Hey, babe.
I'm hungry.
What would you like?
Honey crunch.
Wet or dry?
Dry.
Ok.
Have a seat.
Where's dad?
Dad's had to go away for a little bit.
They, uh...
they made a mistake
About when he's supposed to get out.
Does that mean he won't be coming back for another while?
Yeah.
Yeah, but just for a little while this time.
What's this?
It's a word game i've been playing.
Like a crossword puzzle?
Yeah.
Kind of.
Buccaneers of the Caribbean Adventure Ride?
B-C-A-R.
Buttercup, Camellia, Anemone, Rosebud.
What you saying?
Jackson, don't talk with your mouth full.
I want you to go over to Mrs. Clausen's for a bit.
I haven't finished my cereal.
Well, then, uh... take it with you.
Just tell her I need her to look after you
For a little bit, ok?
- All right. - All right, babe.
So, that's your story, Willie?
Barney's banging your old lady while you're in the can.
You have it out with him.
He shoots you, you grab the gun off him,
plug him, and then get rid of his body.
That it?
'Course you'd have to produce the body.
Don't get cute.
Doesn't become you.
Our dogs sniffed out Barney the dead guy
not 200 feet from your trailer.
Self-defense.
Justifiable homicide. Involuntary manslaughter.
Somewhere in there.
Whatever.
Looks like it's bye-bye, Willie.
Must be a record for recidivism, though.
How long you been out,
24 hours?
Seems like a lot longer.